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Sri Lankan manager named in UK KFC racism case as franchise fined £70,000

A UK employment tribunal has ordered a KFC franchise operator in south-east London to pay nearly £70,000 in compensation after ruling that a manager, identified as a Sri Lankan Tamil, racially harassed an Indian employee. The case involved a KFC outlet in West Wickham operated by Nexus Foods Limited, where the tribunal found that the manager subjected the employee to direct race discrimination and harassment. According to tribunal proceedings, the complainant, Madhesh Ravichandran, an Indian national from Tamil Nadu, began working at the branch in January 2023. Within two months, he faced discriminatory treatment from his manager, Kajan Theiventhiram, who…

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